Senior Software Engineer - JTX

Full-time/Company: Jito Labs

Jito builds the Market Layer of Solana, providing execution systems, capital markets, and incentive mechanisms that process billions in daily transaction value. The team is now building JTX, a next-generation trading app focused on speed, trust, and workflow for serious on-chain traders.

Responsibilities:

- Design and build core systems for the new product from scratch
- Build low-latency, high-reliability services that interact with Solana’s transaction and block building pipeline
- Own critical infrastructure: order routing, execution, real-time market data, and position management
- Implement security at every layer, from transaction signing to user data protection
- Work closely with product and infrastructure teams to ship fast and iterate based on real user feedback
- Make significant architectural decisions as an early member of the team

Requirements:

- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful time spent on distributed systems
- Strong systems programming skills (Rust preferred; C/C++, Go, or similar acceptable)
- Track record building reliable, low-latency systems in production
- Security-first mindset; consider attack surfaces, key management, and failure modes early
- Familiarity with Solana’s runtime, transaction lifecycle, and market microstructure (MEV, block building, execution quality) is a strong plus
- Comfortable operating with high autonomy and incomplete information (0-to-1 product)

Nice to have:

- Experience with trading systems or exchange infrastructure
- DeFi protocol engineering
- Fintech backend systems (payments, custody, execution)
- High-frequency or low-latency systems
- Security engineering

Stack:

Rust, Go, C/C++, Solana, MEV

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation ($200,000–$250,000/year)
- Significant equity
- Opportunity to work on high-impact product and shape the roadmap
- High ownership, fast execution, and focus on technical excellence
- Small, profitable company with product-market fit

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